Amur Tigers

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(10-14-2016, 09:37 AM)GrizzlyClaws Wrote: The Amur tigers didn't use to live too far north in Siberia, since the prey base there wasn't sustainable.

All those large subfossils of the Amur tigers I've seen belong to Manchuria, not Russia Far East/Siberia.

How do I upload the photo???
What interested about the Siberian tiger lived in Korea was their physical. Old hunters and naturalists recorded it as the Siberian tiger from Korea were smaller, different pattern, different color, and morphologically a lot different from the Siberian tiger from the Manchuria and Russian Far East. They recorded it as the Korean tiger was a lot more beautiful

Here is a quote from the book "The Manchurian Tiger" written by Baikov.
"Figures on the fur of the Korean tiger present a very beautiful contrast of colors: on a light rusty-yellow background there are clear dark stripes mottling the fur. As with all cats, color of the fur on the back is darker than on each side of the body. On the belly, on the internal flanks of the legs, under the tail, on the lips, on the bottom of the cheeks, on the ears, between the fingers and above the eyes, and also on the bottom of the tail the fur is white. The Ussurian tigers differ from the Korean ones, all over the body their fur is more fluffy and long, forming a kind of mane on each side of the neck. Besides, the coloration of their fur is much lighter; dark stripes are a little narrower and not so sharp, their black color sometimes changes into brown."
Majority hunters prefer the Siberian tiger lived in Korea due to their appearance. Since they are smaller since 70% habitat was liiving in steep mountains environment habitats, and it was a lot like quicker and faster. It was more difficult to hunt it, which made attractiveness to the hunters.

I tried to add photo, but I don't know how to add it. But if it shows it. This male tiger was caught in 1896. The only thing known about this photo is it is large male near 3m long even though it is living in Korea. Don't know the location and man in the photo. Reply

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